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High medieval · Hindu · India
Othera Puthukulangara Bhagawathi Temple
Othera, Kerala · 9.3382°, 76.6236°
Durga DeviUndetermined—
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
One of about thirty Durga temples of central Kerala where the old Dravidian ritual art of Padayani is performed each year. It is said to be the only temple that stages the Chattathel Kolam, a figure made from 1001 areca sheaths.